The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-21

the scheme. replicas would have been pouring
| in from Europe before the ransom could be
| cashed and the original would have been lost
IN the rush.
| New ENGLAND is deeply interested in the
rllmors about the solvency of some of the West
| ern farm mortgage companies The loan COM
panieS of Boston alone hold 81 900 Western
farm mortgages, on which S76,0OO0OO is out
| standing. And the insurance companies of
| Hartford hold mortgages. on Western farms to
| the amount of S70,0O0,00O.
A LARGE VAULT with walls of stone and filed
with skeletons of human beings has been dis
| covered in an Indian mound which overlooss
| the Missouri river from a hill near jefferson
| City. Mo- The skeletons are thought to be the
remains of the ancient mound builders, although
| the remarkable state of preservation in which
they are found would indicate that they are of
| more recent date.
| WHAT MIGHT have been very serious acct
dent occurred on Monday morning at Richard
| Bckenderfer's machine shop, in Lancaster, Pa.
| While William Pyfer, machinist, using a
| fourteen-inch emery wheel it split in half, one
/ part hitting the wall of the building with such
force as to scar the bricks badly, and the other
| striking Pyfer on the right leg and intiicting a
| painful wound. The wheel was revolving at the
| time of the accident at the rate of 1,S00 revolu
| tionS minute, which was not considered extra
ordinarily fast, as it had been tested at speed
| OF 5000 revolutions per minute.
no that is not put there simply for orna-
ment, said an oyster opener in a Philadelphia
oyster house yesterday, 1T is useful as well as
| decorative. 1t is a clock, and it was imported
| from Paris" The object referred to was big
| tin plate or waiter which hung against the wall
| Around The edge were grouped dozen oyster
| shells The one at the top bore the number IL
| in big letters and the others were numbered
| from up to that figure. In the center was
| what appeared to be a saucer with four slices of
| lemon upon it, and crossed on the saucer was
an oyster knife and fork These latter were the
| hands. The clock was going and as the knife,
which was shorter than the fork, pointed be-
| tween the land the 3, and fork to the figure z,
| it was 2:35 o'clock.
FROZEN FISH are now imported into France,
and a society formed in Marseilles for the pur-
pose of developing the trade has steamer and
a sailing vessel engaged in it. The steamer
| Rokelle lately came into MarseilleS with some
10000 klogrammes of frozen fish in its hold the
! temperature of which is kept at II G below zero
by means of Pictet machine (evapOrating sui
phurous acid) The fish are caught with the net
| in various parts of the Mediterranean and At
lantic. After arrival they are dispatched by
| night in a cold chamber. Experiment has
shown that fish can be kept seven or eight
months at low temperature without the least
alteration. These fish are wrapped in straw
| or marine Algse, and have been sent on to Paris,
and even to Switzerland.
In PHILADELPHIA, a few days ago, well
dressed man, pretending to be a member of
large grocery firm in Pittsburg which deals
largely with Frank Siddall, the millionaire soap
manufacturer, called upon that gentleman and
was shown the usual coGrtesies. In a walk
| through Chestnut street the .Pittsburg man sud-
| denly remembered that he had some diamonds
| to buy, and with Mr.. Siddail entered large
| jewelry establishment; the proprietors of which
| were only too glad to accommodate Mr.. Sid
| dalPs friend. Diamonds amounting to some
| $500 were selected and laid aside. An hour or
| two later the PittSburg man called by himself
/ would IN hotp
| and examine them closely That was the last
1 that was seen of him or the diamonds The
| jewelry firm now want Mr.. Siddall to pay for
| the diamonds but he says that the man turned
| out to be fraud and he did not in any way
warrant the sale. This diamond thief is said to
| be one of the most expert swindlers in his
| special line in this country
SIT is remarkable what craze there is for
| foreign goods" said Philadelphia merchant
THE people want goods in our line of foreign
| fabrics and make, and if they cannot get them
| at one store they will go to another Just now
on account of Christmas, there is a big demand
| for jackets and wrappers, and l notice, too
| that the people want good things. They are
shown articles at certain price and they ask
for something finer. showing that they want
articles of worth. Then, too, there seems to be
| no scarcity of money. People are willing to
pay for what they want and do not haggle over
price This year there is demand for fancy
things, such as silk muffierS embroidered silk
| suspenders and such rich goods, that is far in
! excess of that of any previous time cannot
account for this, but so it is. AS for business
| my opinion is that if you watch the market and
buy what people want giving great attention
| to the direction of popular demands there will
| be no difficulty in selling"
The ANNIVERSARY of the Prophet Mahomet's
| birthday was recently celebrated at CONSTANT
nople in striking manner, affording evidence
| as to the bent of the Sultans mind and his de-
sire to asslmilate Ottoman social usages to those
of other countries more advanced in civilization
| After attending the usual service at the Mosque
| all the high officials present and visitors were
requested to proceed to the palace, where large
| saloons had been decked out with flowers rare
| fruit, confectionery and delcacies in a profuse
| and sumptuous STYLE and the guests over 400
| in number, were invited to regale themselves
| The aspect of the rooms was most charming
and Christmas trees only were wanting to give
| a complete picture of the religious festival
| The chamberlains then called upon the COM
| pany to appear in the presence of his majesty
| and, the folding door being thrown open the
| sultan was seen. His majesty greeted his guests
| IN the most atfabie way, and made a political
speech, wherein, after recalling the giories of
| Mahomet and announcing his intention that the
yearly Moslem festival should be henceforth
kept with the same soiemnity and iocing, he
| pointedly alluded to the cause of satisfaction
| for the empire and the world at large furnished
| by the reign of general peace, which his gov
eminent was making every effort to preserve
| for the welfare and prosperity of all nations
This is the first time since the foundation of the
dynasty that Sultan has made a speech in
public.
The proprietress Of fashionable boarding
house in New York. in talking about her ex-
periences told this romantic story: zone of the
most polished bank burglars in the profession
boarded with me three months. We thought he
was very pious. He always had plenty Of
money, gave references when he came to board
though | afterward learned these were for
geries-and soon became a favorite with the
young ladies In the house, He finally married n
young and beautiful girl. He protested to he a
commercial traveller. He was frequently absent
two or three weeks from his wife and during
that time she never received more than two
letters When he departed he never permitted |
MS wife to assist him in packing his |
vallse. He said it was his humor to mack |
MS valise, because women were forpetfuI |
One day he went on one of his usual trims
saying he would return in two weeks Two
weeks passed and two MONTHS and he did NOT /
return or write to the almost distracted wife
lie had often told her never to go down town to
the business house and bother his emplovers
when he was absent. She had never even gone
70 his place of business while he was at home.
Dlsregarding his injunction In her alarm about
ms absence, she went TO the firm and discovered |
that no such man as her husband had ever been
connected with the house. She then Consulted |
the police and found that over month after
her husband left her he was captured and CON
vcted of robbing bank and was then in Sing
Sing serving a ten years sentence. Did she
pine and diey No; she procured a divorce and
IIarr hue